Endless Night (2019)

Anxo is a man that returns to his home village in the Galician countryside in Franco-era Spain after the war.

Director:

Eloy Enciso (as Eloy Enciso Cachafeiro)

Writers:

José María Aroca (texts), Max Aub (texts)

Stars:

Misha Bies Golas, Manuel Pumares, Celsa Araujo

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Misha Bies Golas	...	O retornado
Manuel Pumares	...	Home pobre
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Celsa Araujo
Marcos Javier Fernández Eimil	...	Pasajero
Nuria Lestegás	...	Celsa
Suso Meilan
Verónica Quintana

Storyline

Taking its title from the expression Longa Noite de Pedra ("long night of stone"), which was coined by the poet Celso E. Ferreiro to describe the lengthy period of dictatorship after the Spanish Civil War, the third feature by Galician filmmaker Eloy Enciso explores the Postguerra mood and the texture of life in Franco-era Spain by way of unconventional portraiture, the power of words, and stunning atmospheric immersion. Working with non-actors and a script sourced from excerpts of plays, memoirs, and letters from political prisoners, Enciso portrays a variety of characters - both victors and vanquished - as they negotiate a newly reordered society. At the film's shifting center is Anxo (Misha Bies Golas), who returns home to his unnamed village in the years following the war, his interactions with individuals wielding varying levels of power serving to cast the cruelty of the modern world into stark relief. As he moves through the town, and eventually into the surrounding arboreal ...

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Plot Keywords:

village | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Gallegan

Release Date:

5 December 2019 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Longue Nuit

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,203

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmika Galaika

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color